学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2490 subpoena

今天我们要学的词是 subpoena¹. Subpoena 作为动词，是传唤，发出传票的意思。U.S. Republican Senator John McCain said he would subpoena 10 U.S. sailors about their detention² by Iran if the Obama administration doesn't provide its findings of the incident. 美国共和党联邦参议员麦凯恩说，如果奥巴马政府不提供十名海军被伊朗扣押的调查报告，他就要传唤这十个人。The Clinton Foundation was subpoenaed³ last fall by the State Department inspector⁴ general. 克林顿基金会去年秋天接到了美国国务院监察长发出的传票。好的，我们今天学习的词是 subpoena, subpoena, subpoena...

1 subpoena   

n.（法律）传票；v.传讯

参考例句：

• He was brought up to court with a subpoena.他接到传讯，来到法庭上。
• Select committees have the power to subpoena witnesses.特别委员会有权传唤证人。

2 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

3 subpoenaed   

v.（用传票）传唤（某人）( subpoena的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The court subpoenaed her to appear as a witness. 法庭传唤她出庭作证。
• The finance director is subpoenaed by prosecution. 财务经理被检查机关传讯。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 inspector   

n.检查员，监察员，视察员

参考例句：

• The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
• The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。